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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| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| steep | lofty |