GRE Word List
TRANSPOSE
to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
The meaning of the word transpose is to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| billowing | wave |