GRE Word List
TREAD
to step or walk on or over
The meaning of the word tread is to step or walk on or over.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| 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") |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |