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 |
|---|---|
| coalesce | to grow together |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |