GRE Word List
TATTER
to make ragged
The meaning of the word tatter is to make ragged.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |