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 |
|---|---|
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |