GRE Word List
WADE
to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
The meaning of the word wade is to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |