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 |
|---|---|
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| ebullient | boiling |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |