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 |
|---|---|
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| dire | exciting horror |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |