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 |
|---|---|
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |