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 |
|---|---|
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |