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 |
|---|---|
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| nullify | to make null (see null |