GRE Word List
FIEND
evil spirit; devil
The meaning of the word fiend is evil spirit; devil.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |
| sextant | navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars) |
| visceral | felt in one's inner organs; N. viscera: internal body organs; CF. eviscerate |
| wax | increase gradually (as the moon); grow |
| cohesion | tendency to keep together |
| igneous | produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; Ex. igneous meteorite |
| suture | stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound |
| stygian | unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead |
| crestfallen | dejected; dispirited |
| fashion | give shape to; make; Ex. fashion the pot out of clay |
