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 |
|---|---|
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| violate | break |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |