GRE Word List
STOOP
to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees
The meaning of the word stoop is to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |