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 |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |