GRE Word List
VISE
vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device
The meaning of the word vise is vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adversary | opponent; enemy |
| consolidation | unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen |
| indissoluble | permanent; impossible to dissolve or disintegrate |
| ameliorate | improve |
| fluster | confuse; make nervous and confused; N. |
| brusque | blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice |
| pen | fenced enclosure for animals; confining space; Ex. sheep pen; V: confine in a pen; enclose |
| arcane | esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener |
| bedizen | dress with vulgar finery |
| extraneous | not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject |
