GRE Word List
WAKE
trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake of the war
The meaning of the word wake is trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake of the war.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| severity | harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense |
| subaltern | subordinate |
| expatiate | talk at length; speak or write in detail |
| sober | serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober |
| rehabilitate | restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of |
| auspicious | favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices |
| brave | face courageously; Ex. brave the storm |
| curator | superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library) |
| indecision | irresolution; inability to make up one's mind |
| dilapidated | falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation |
