GRE Word List
AEGIS
a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena
The meaning of the word aegis is a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| executor | one who executes something |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |