GRE Word List
SUBSIDE
sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to the bottom (as a sediment); descend; grow quiet; become less; moderate; abate
The meaning of the word subside is sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to the bottom (as a sediment); descend; grow quiet; become less; moderate; abate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nocturnal | done or active at night; Ex. nocturnal animals/raids; CF. nocturne |
| formidable | menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question |
| presumptuous | going beyond what is right; excessively forward; arrogant; taking liberties |
| headlong | hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV. |
| rhapsody | excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form (as if made up as one plays it) |
| vouch | give a personal guarantee; Ex. I can vouch for his integrity; N. voucher |
| sophist | teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument |
| allocate | assign; set apart for a particular purpose |
| cumulative | growing by addition; accumulative |
| felon | person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime |
