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 |
|---|---|
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |