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 |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| championship | designation as champion |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| disport | sport |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |