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 |
|---|---|
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |