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 |
|---|---|
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| feint | something feigned |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |