GRE Word List
GENESIS
the origin or coming into being of something
The meaning of the word genesis is the origin or coming into being of something.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |