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 |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |