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 |
|---|---|
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| plait | pleat |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |