GRE Word List
AFTERLIFE
an existence after death
The meaning of the word afterlife is an existence after death.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| ravenous | rapacious |