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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| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| lampoon | satire |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |