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 |
|---|---|
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| mulct | fine |
| connoisseur | expert |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| microcosm | a little world |