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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |