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 |
|---|---|
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| encompass | include |
| devious | wandering |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |