GRE Word List
SLITHER
to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface
The meaning of the word slither is to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| repercussion | reflection |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
