GRE Word List

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WordMeaning
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
bombardmenta late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones
precepta command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
drasticacting rapidly or violently
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
maniacalaffected with or suggestive of madness
misadventuremisfortune
muskyhaving an odor of or resembling musk
supinelying on the back or with the face upward