GRE Word List
SNIVEL
complain or whine tearfully; run at the nose; snuffle; Ex. Don't come back sniveling to me.
The meaning of the word snivel is complain or whine tearfully; run at the nose; snuffle; Ex. Don't come back sniveling to me..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| collaborate | work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy |
| checkered | marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares |
| endorse | approve; support; write one's signature on the back of; N. endorsement; CF. dorsal |
| rapacious | voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds |
| woe | great sorrow; deep inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; Ex. financial woes |
| solicitous | anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude |
| unwonted | unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality. |
| tangible | able to be touched; real; concrete; palpable; possible to realize or understand; Ex. tangible proof |
| dolorous | sorrowful; N. dolor |
| nostalgia | homesickness; longing for the past; Ex. nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; ADJ. nostalgic |
