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 |
|---|---|
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| nourishment | food |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |