GRE Word List
AWE
an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
The meaning of the word awe is an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime.
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| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| nib | bill |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| sleek | slick |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |