GRE Word List
TANNER
one that tans hides
The meaning of the word tanner is one that tans hides.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| diadem | crown |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| concordat | compact |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |