GRE Word List
FUROR
an angry or maniacal fit : rage
The meaning of the word furor is an angry or maniacal fit : rage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| impinge | encroach |