GRE Word List
VIRILE
having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree
The meaning of the word virile is having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| render | to melt down |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |