GRE Word List
BUGABOO
an imaginary object of fear
The meaning of the word bugaboo is an imaginary object of fear.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |