GRE Word List
VERGE
brink
The meaning of the word verge is brink.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |