GRE Word List
AGGREGATE
sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars
The meaning of the word aggregate is sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| console | lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation |
| rail | complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices |
| crabbed | sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting |
| irony | hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean; use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning |
| artifacts | object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced |
| forge | counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated |
| grovel | crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; behave in a servile manner |
| culvert | artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road |
| fatalism | belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death |
| provocative | arousing anger or sexual interest; annoying; Ex. provocative in tight jeans; V. provoke: incite to anger; cause (an unpleasant action or feeling); N. provocation |
