GRE Word List
FUROR
an angry or maniacal fit : rage
The meaning of the word furor is an angry or maniacal fit : rage.
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coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |