GRE Word List
BUCCANEER
pirate
The meaning of the word buccaneer is pirate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| somber | dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; CF. shadow |
| constraint | restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison |
| figment | invention; something invented; imaginary thing; Ex. figment of your imagination |
| subsistence | existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level) |
| brunt | main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument |
| feud | bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families); V. CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal, feudalism |
| clarion | shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times |
| humane | marked by kindness or consideration; kind and compassionate; humanitarian |
| attrition | rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition |
| refute | disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation |