GRE Word List

APOPLEXY

stroke

The meaning of the word apoplexy is stroke.

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WordMeaning
stampto pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument
disengageto release from something that engages or involves
execrateto declare to be evil or detestable : denounce
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
amenableliable to be brought to account : answerable
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith
forsaketo renounce or turn away from entirely
inclementlacking mildness: such as