GRE Word List
CENTAUR
any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
The meaning of the word centaur is any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |