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
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| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
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