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 |
|---|---|
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| concatenate | linked together |
| wont | accustomed |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |