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 |
|---|---|
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |