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 |
|---|---|
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |