GRE Word List

AFTERLIFE

an existence after death

The meaning of the word afterlife is an existence after death.

Random words

WordMeaning
nocturnalof, relating to, or occurring in the night
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
lucidsuffused with light : luminous
obtrudeto thrust out : extrude
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
droopto hang or incline downward
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
yokela naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town