GRE Word List
UNRAVEL
to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
The meaning of the word unravel is to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| hortatory | hortative |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| quench | put out |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |