GRE Word List
SPLICE
to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands
The meaning of the word splice is to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
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| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |