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 |
|---|---|
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| grotto | cave |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |