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 |
|---|---|
| desperate | having lost hope |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| potentate | ruler |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |