GRE Word List
EXEMPLIFY
to show or illustrate by example
The meaning of the word exemplify is to show or illustrate by example.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| fuddle | booze |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |