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 |
|---|---|
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| gnarl | snarl |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |