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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| Word | Meaning |
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| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |