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 |
|---|---|
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |