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.

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projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
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latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
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confidentialmarked by intimacy or willingness to confide
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