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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appease | pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying baby; N. appeasement |
| spasmodic | fitful; periodic; of or like a spasm; N. spasm: sudden involuntary muscular contraction; sudden burst of energy or emotion |
| incubate | hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease |
| harrowing | agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth |
| drab | dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab coat/life |
| impenitent | not repentant |
| drudge | do drudgery; N: person who drudges |
| faction | party; clique (within a large group); dissension |
| polar | of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites |
| jingoist | extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist; N. jingoism: extreme nationalism |
