GRE Word List
ARIA
air
The meaning of the word aria is air.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |