GRE Word List
BEWARE
to be on one's guard
The meaning of the word beware is to be on one's guard.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |