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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |