GRE Word List
AMASS
to collect for oneself : accumulate
The meaning of the word amass is to collect for oneself : accumulate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |