GRE Word List
BEVY
a large group or collection
The meaning of the word bevy is a large group or collection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |