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 |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |