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 |
|---|---|
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| billow | wave |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |