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 |
|---|---|
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |