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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |