GRE Word List
DEIFY
turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity
The meaning of the word deify is turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperil | put in danger |
| trifle | something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt |
| primordial | existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary |
| pedigree | ancestry; lineage |
| satire | form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly |
| epic | long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero); ADJ: (of stories or events) resembling an epic; grand |
| headfirst | moving with the head leading; headlong |
| supercilious | haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow, cilium |
| deleterious | harmful |
| wax | increase gradually (as the moon); grow |
