GRE Word List
CONVULSION
violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive
The meaning of the word convulsion is violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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banal | hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; cliched |
wan | having a pale or sickly color; pallid |
impute | attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation |
excise | cut away; cut out; N: government tax on good produced and used inside a country; N. excision |
solemnity | seriousness; gravity |
chant | tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note; V: sing (a chant); utter (a slogan) in the manner of a chant |
forebears | ancestors |
patois | local or provincial dialect |
muster | gather; assemble (troops); Ex. muster up one's strength for the ordeal; N. |
overt | open to view; public; not secret; CF. covert |