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 |
|---|---|
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| paramour | lover |