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 |
|---|---|
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |