GRE Word List
APIARY
a place where bees are kept
The meaning of the word apiary is a place where bees are kept.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |