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 |
|---|---|
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |