GRE Word List
SNIVEL
to run at the nose
The meaning of the word snivel is to run at the nose.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| determinate | having defined limits |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |