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 |
|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |