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 |
|---|---|
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |