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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| cardinal | a 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 |
| solstice | either 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 |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |