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 |
|---|---|
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |