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 |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| modish | fashionable |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| marked | having an identifying mark |