GRE Word List

BOLT

a lightning stroke

The meaning of the word bolt is a lightning stroke.

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credentialwarranting credit or confidence
weatherthe state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness
habituateto make used to something : accustom
preciseexactly or sharply defined or stated
coteriean intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
nefariousflagrantly wicked or impious : evil
retinuea group of retainers or attendants
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order