GRE Word List
AMITY
friendship
The meaning of the word amity is friendship.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| skimp | skimpy |
| antecede | precede |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| 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 |