GRE Word List
SUBSIDE
to sink or fall to the bottom : settle
The meaning of the word subside is to sink or fall to the bottom : settle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |