GRE Word List
SPIN
to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
The meaning of the word spin is to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| repercussion | reflection |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |