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 |
|---|---|
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| potentate | ruler |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| disport | sport |