GRE Word List
FETISH
an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner
The meaning of the word fetish is an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |