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 |
|---|---|
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |