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 |
|---|---|
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |