GRE Word List
SLIGHT
having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body
The meaning of the word slight is having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| actuary | clerk |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |