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 |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |