GRE Word List
AFTERLIFE
an existence after death
The meaning of the word afterlife is an existence after death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |