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 |
|---|---|
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| 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 |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| fester | to generate pus |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |