GRE Word List

BANE

a source of harm or ruin : curse

The meaning of the word bane is a source of harm or ruin : curse.

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coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
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derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
euphoriaa feeling of well-being or elation
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dirgea song or hymn of grief or lamentation