GRE Word List
AFTERLIFE
an existence after death
The meaning of the word afterlife is an existence after death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |