GRE Word List

BOLT

a lightning stroke

The meaning of the word bolt is a lightning stroke.

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altruisticrelating to or given to altruism:
ordainto invest (see invest
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
vintnera wine merchant
vacuousemptied of or lacking content
retrenchcut down
ensconceshelter
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
centrifugea machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects