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 |
|---|---|
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| calorific | caloric |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| precipitant | precipitate |