GRE Word List
ANVIL
iron block used in hammering out metals
The meaning of the word anvil is iron block used in hammering out metals.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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incapacitate | disable; N. incapacity: lack of capacity |
frantic | wild; distraught as from fear or worry; Ex. frantic with fear |
detached | emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment |
wrinkle | small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth); V. |
topography | physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place |
susceptible | impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility |
unwitting | not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know |
resort | turn to for help; Ex. resort to violence; N. |
slew | large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left |
inflated | exaggerated; pompous; enlarged (with air or gas) |