GRE Word List
FEROCIOUS
exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
The meaning of the word ferocious is exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |