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 |
|---|---|
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| gazette | newspaper |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| sear | being dried and withered |