GRE Word List
WIGGLE
to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle
The meaning of the word wiggle is to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |