GRE Word List
SOLDER
repair or make whole by using a metal alloy; N: metal alloy (usually tin and lead) used in the molten state to join metallic parts
The meaning of the word solder is repair or make whole by using a metal alloy; N: metal alloy (usually tin and lead) used in the molten state to join metallic parts.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demure | (of a woman or child) grave; quiet and serious; coy; pretending to be demure |
| retroactive | taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future |
| maraud | move in search of plunder; Ex. marauding army |
| remediable | reparable |
| canny | shrewd in money matters; thrifty |
| recant | disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement |
| dart | move or throw suddenly and quickly |
| wrest | obtain by pulling violently; pull away; take by violence; Ex. wrest victory from their grasp |
| melancholy | gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia |
| douse | plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse |