GRE Word List
FIEND
evil spirit; devil
The meaning of the word fiend is evil spirit; devil.
Random words
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perverse | purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex. perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity |
inerrancy | infallibility |
engulf | surround and swallow up |
discrepancy | lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions |
clasp | hold firmly within arms |
unmitigated | (of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated disaster |
abeyance | suspended action |
ejaculation | exclamation; abrupt ejection (to discharge sperm); V. ejaculate |
canine | related to dogs; doglike |
molt | periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth) |