GRE Word List
CRONE
a cruel or ugly old woman
The meaning of the word crone is a cruel or ugly old woman.
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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 |