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 |
|---|---|
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |