GRE Word List
VEER
change in direction; swerve
The meaning of the word veer is change in direction; swerve.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply |
| maniacal | raging mad; insane; N. maniac: insane person; CF. mania: disorder of the mind; intense enthusiasm |
| nib | beak(bill); pen point |
| dys- | abnormal; impaired |
| modulate | tone down in intensity; change the intensity or tone of; regulate; change from one musical key to another; Ex. modulate from E to G |
| prognosis | forecasted course of a disease; prediction; CF. prognostic |
| uxorious | excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife |
| fathomless | too deep to be measured or understood; unfathomable |
| consonant | harmonious; in agreement; N. |
| bout | match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu |
