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 |
|---|---|
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |