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 |
|---|---|
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ยน/โโ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |