GRE Word List
AMASS
to collect for oneself : accumulate
The meaning of the word amass is to collect for oneself : accumulate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| metaphor | a 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) |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |