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.
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| bulk | magnitude |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| delve | excavate |
| quisling | traitor |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
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| 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 |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |