GRE Word List

APOPLEXY

stroke

The meaning of the word apoplexy is stroke.

Random words

WordMeaning
exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
meekenduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild
multifarioushaving or occurring in great variety : diverse
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
deb\^aclesudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
laitythe people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy
nattytrimly neat and tidy : smart
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime