GRE Word List
TAN
convert (hide) into leather; make brown by exposure to the sun
The meaning of the word tan is convert (hide) into leather; make brown by exposure to the sun.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| melee | fight |
| loom | appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form); Ex. The shadow of the gallows loomed threateningly. N: apparatus for making thread into cloth |
| invincible | unconquerable |
| imminent | impending; near at hand |
| narrative | related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration |
| galleon | large three-masted sailing ship |
| fluke | unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune; accidental stroke of good luck; ADJ. fluky |
| mordant | biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit |
| bestial | beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel |
| pulmonary | pertaining to the lungs |
