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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antiquity | ancient times |
| etymology | the 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 |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| ploy | escapade |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| ovation | a 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 |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |