GRE Word List

AMAZON

a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology

The meaning of the word amazon is a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology.

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tritehackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
abideto bear patiently : tolerate
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial
rudimentaryconsisting in first principles : fundamental
meretriciousof or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
cardinala high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish