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 |
|---|---|
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| lewd | obscene |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |