GRE Word List
TOSS
to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk
The meaning of the word toss is to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| distort | to twist (see twist |