GRE Word List
APERTURE
an opening or open space : hole
The meaning of the word aperture is an opening or open space : hole.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| niggle | trifle |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| freebooter | pirate |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |