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 |
|---|---|
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| spoof | deceive |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| expatriate | banish |
