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 |
|---|---|
| application | an act of applying: |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| quench | put out |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |