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 |
|---|---|
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |