GRE Word List
STAMMER
to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter
The meaning of the word stammer is to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| betray | to lead astray |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| 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 |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |