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 |
|---|---|
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |