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 |
|---|---|
| vertex | the top of the head |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| viand | an item of food |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |