GRE Word List
TRICKLE
to issue or fall in drops
The meaning of the word trickle is to issue or fall in drops.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| leery | suspicious |