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 |
|---|---|
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| demise | death |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |