GRE Word List
TRAVERSE
to go or travel across or over
The meaning of the word traverse is to go or travel across or over.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impediment | something that impedes |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |