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

WordMeaning
swelterto suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat
sanguinarybloodthirsty
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
arbitera person with power to decide a dispute : judge
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
dwindleto become steadily less : shrink
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine