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 |
|---|---|
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| impinge | encroach |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| plane | airplane |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |