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 |
|---|---|
| irascible | irritable; easily angered |
| regimen | prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer |
| consonance | harmony; agreement |
| nib | beak(bill); pen point |
| dainty | delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress |
| avenge | take vengence for something or on behalf of someone; Ex. They avenged his death by burning the village; Ex. He swore to avenge his brother; Ex. They avenged themselves on their enemy. |
| vortex | whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged |
| spatula | broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing |
| affliction | state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on |
| 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 |
