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 |
|---|---|
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |