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 |
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| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
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| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
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| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |