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 |
|---|---|
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |