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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| convoluted | having convolutions |