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 |
|---|---|
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |