GRE Word List
GOAD
to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
The meaning of the word goad is to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| abnegation | denial |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |