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 |
|---|---|
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| lewd | obscene |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |