GRE Word List
DUMMY
a person who is incapable of speaking
The meaning of the word dummy is a person who is incapable of speaking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |