GRE Word List
STRAGGLE
to wander from the direct course or way : rove
The meaning of the word straggle is to wander from the direct course or way : rove.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| mortician | undertaker |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| exhume | disinter |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |