GRE Word List
GALVANIZE
to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically
The meaning of the word galvanize is to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| rightful | just |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| juncture | a point of time |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |