GRE Word List
APOCALYPTIC
of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
The meaning of the word apocalyptic is of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |