GRE Word List
TAN
to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
The meaning of the word tan is to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |