GRE Word List
START
to move suddenly and violently : spring
The meaning of the word start is to move suddenly and violently : spring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |