GRE Word List
VOUCH
give a personal guarantee; Ex. I can vouch for his integrity; N. voucher
The meaning of the word vouch is give a personal guarantee; Ex. I can vouch for his integrity; N. voucher.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stink | stench; V: emit a strong foul odor |
| undermine | weaken gradually; sap; dig a mine beneath |
| plumb | exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of |
| sagacious | wise; perceptive; shrewd; having insight; N. sagacity |
| prurient | having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire |
| overthrow | topple; N. |
| curfew | regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew |
| stolid | dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected |
| chastise | punish as by beating; criticize severely |
| effrontery | rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek |
