GRE Word List
AFTERLIFE
an existence after death
The meaning of the word afterlife is an existence after death.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| growl | rumble |