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
advertto turn the mind or attention
ebullientboiling
cisternan artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater)
alacritypromptness in response : cheerful readiness
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
perfunctorycharacterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
curban edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter
drasticacting rapidly or violently