GRE Word List
WHINE
to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
The meaning of the word whine is to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |