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 |
|---|---|
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| minuscule | very small |