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
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
obsessivetending to cause obsession
antecedeprecede
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
enmitypositive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will
confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses
luridcausing horror or revulsion : gruesome
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic