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 |
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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 |