GRE Word List
WHELP
any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog
The meaning of the word whelp is any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |