GRE Word List
ACROPHOBIA
abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights
The meaning of the word acrophobia is abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights.
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| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| harass | exhaust |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
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