GRE Word List
FREEBOOTER
pirate
The meaning of the word freebooter is pirate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |