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 |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| swill | wash |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |