GRE Word List
APIARIST
person who keeps bees
The meaning of the word apiarist is person who keeps bees.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drudge | do drudgery; N: person who drudges |
| poignancy | quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow, grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick |
| primogeniture | seniority by birth; state of being the first-born child; right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents) |
| negate | cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; N. negation |
| dissemble | disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend |
| brittle | hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation |
| criteria | standards used in judging; CF. criterion |
| shack | crude cabin |
| beleaguer | besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset |
| gibberish | nonsense; nonsensical or unintelligible talk or writing; babbling |