GRE Word List
APOPLEXY
stroke
The meaning of the word apoplexy is stroke.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |