GRE Word List
TAUT
having no give or slack : tightly drawn
The meaning of the word taut is having no give or slack : tightly drawn.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |