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 |
|---|---|
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| garnish | decorate |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |