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 |
|---|---|
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| viable | capable of living |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |