GRE Word List
COLLECTED
gathered together
The meaning of the word collected is gathered together.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| aver | to declare positively |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |