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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deploreto feel or express grief for
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precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
pantomimepantomimist
laggardlagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind
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