GRE Word List
TICKLE
to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
The meaning of the word tickle is to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| pliant | pliable |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |