GRE Word List
SURGE
to rise and fall actively : toss
The meaning of the word surge is to rise and fall actively : toss.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| aria | air |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |