GRE Word List
SLUGGISH
averse to activity or exertion : indolent
The meaning of the word sluggish is averse to activity or exertion : indolent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| spoof | deceive |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |