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 |
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| skiff | any of various small boats |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| throes | pang |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |