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 |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |