GRE Word List
SOAR
rise or fly high in the air; Ex. The rocket soared into the sky.
The meaning of the word soar is rise or fly high in the air; Ex. The rocket soared into the sky..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attrition | rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition |
| miasma | swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence |
| concede | admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal |
| rant | speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest ranted about the devil. |
| minion | servile dependent; obsequious follower |
| waver | move or swing back and forth; be uncertain or unsteady in decision or movement; Ex. wavering between accepting and refusing |
| windfall | fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event |
| capricious | unpredictable; fickle |
| repress | hold back (the natural expression of); restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion |
| tumid | (of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous |