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 |
|---|---|
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |