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 |
|---|---|
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| occident | west |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |