GRE Word List
TANTALIZE
to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach
The meaning of the word tantalize is to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retiring | reserved |
| lax | loose |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |