GRE Word List
COLOSSUS
a statue of gigantic size and proportions
The meaning of the word colossus is a statue of gigantic size and proportions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| pliant | pliable |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |