GRE Word List
TRIGGER
a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it
The meaning of the word trigger is a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foppish | foolish |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |