GRE Word List
VEER
to change direction or course
The meaning of the word veer is to change direction or course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |