GRE Word List
SPRY
able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble
The meaning of the word spry is able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |