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 |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| hap | happening |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |