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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| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
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| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
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| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
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| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
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