GRE Word List
APOPLEXY
stroke
The meaning of the word apoplexy is stroke.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| 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 |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |