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 |
|---|---|
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| calorific | caloric |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| rarefied | being less dense |