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 |
|---|---|
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
