GRE Word List
APPARITION
an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon
The meaning of the word apparition is an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |