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 |
|---|---|
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |