GRE Word List
APIARY
a place where bees are kept
The meaning of the word apiary is a place where bees are kept.
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| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
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| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
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| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
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