GRE Word List
CRONE
a cruel or ugly old woman
The meaning of the word crone is a cruel or ugly old woman.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |