GRE Word List
WAKE
to be or remain awake
The meaning of the word wake is to be or remain awake.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |