GRE Word List

BUST

piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster

The meaning of the word bust is piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster.

Random words

WordMeaning
prolificproducing offspring or fruit in abundance; fertile; fecund; abundantly fruitful; producing abundant works; Ex. prolific writer
nonsensespeech or writing with no meaning; foolish behavior or language; Ex. make (a) nonsense of: spoil; cause to fail
relicsurviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X.
comprehendinclude; understand
visioneyesight; foresight; mental image produced by the imagination; experience of seeing the supernatural
sheatheplace into a case; insert into or provide with a sheath; Ex. He sheathed his dagger; N. sheath: case for a blade
primeperiod of ideal or peak condition; earliest or beginning stage; Ex. in the prime of life; Ex. prime of the year(spring); ADJ: first in importance or rank; first; V: make ready; prepare
obeseexcessively fat; N. obesity
imbibedrink in
deposedethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify