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 |
|---|---|
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| forte | one's strong point |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |