GRE Word List
EBB
the reflux of the tide toward the sea
The meaning of the word ebb is the reflux of the tide toward the sea.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| warranted | sanction |