GRE Word List

AMBROSIA

the food of the Greek and Roman gods

The meaning of the word ambrosia is the food of the Greek and Roman gods.

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bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
liabilitythe quality or state of being liable
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
palpitateto beat rapidly and strongly : throb
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
gougea chisel with a concavo-convex cross section