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 |
|---|---|
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| obscure | dark |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |