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 |
|---|---|
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |