GRE Word List
YOKE
a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
The meaning of the word yoke is a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| lode | waterway |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| mendicant | beggar |