GRE Word List
TETHER
a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement
The meaning of the word tether is a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |