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 |
|---|---|
| precipitant | precipitate |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| score | twenty |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |