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 |
|---|---|
| frigid | intensely cold |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |