GRE Word List
WITLESS
destitute of wit or understanding : foolish
The meaning of the word witless is destitute of wit or understanding : foolish.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |