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 |
|---|---|
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |