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 |
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| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |