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 |
|---|---|
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| license | permission to act |
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| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |