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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| savant | a person of learning |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |