GRE Word List
AMULET
a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft)
The meaning of the word amulet is a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |