GRE Word List
ABYSS
an immeasurably deep gulf or great space
The meaning of the word abyss is an immeasurably deep gulf or great space.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |