GRE Word List
SLINK
move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush)
The meaning of the word slink is move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| doldrums | blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums |
| tender | offer formally; extend; Ex. tender one's resignation/the exact fare; N: formal offer; money; Ex. legal tender; ADJ: young and vulnerable; sensitive to the touch; sore; soft; delicate; Ex. child of tender years; Ex. tender wound |
| stifle | suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate |
| clarion | shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times |
| analogy | similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things |
| sparse | not thick; thinly scattered; scanty |
| derelict | negligent; (of someone) neglectful of duty; (of something) deserted by an owner; abandoned; N: abandoned property; homeless or vagrant person |
| pummel | pommel; beat or pound with fists |
| prate | talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly |
| comprise | include; consist of |
