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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glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
grunt | to utter a grunt |
actuary | clerk |
apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |