GRE Word List

BEHEMOTH

a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God

The meaning of the word behemoth is a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God.

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antiquityancient times
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
banteringto speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
ployescapade
innateexisting in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
discursivemoving from topic to topic without order : rambling
sinistersingularly evil or productive of evil
proprietythe quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness
bleakexposed and barren and often windswept