GRE Word List

VORTEX

something that resembles a whirlpool

The meaning of the word vortex is something that resembles a whirlpool.

Random words

WordMeaning
lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
ransackto look through thoroughly in often a rough way
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
admonishto indicate duties or obligations to
welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
whimsicalresulting from or characterized by whim or caprice
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
endorseto write on the back of