GRE Word List
ENLIVEN
to give life, action, or spirit to : animate
The meaning of the word enliven is to give life, action, or spirit to : animate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| reverberate | reflect |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |