GRE Word List
BUGABOO
an imaginary object of fear
The meaning of the word bugaboo is an imaginary object of fear.
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| yore | time past and especially long past |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
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