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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mystic | mystical |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| 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) |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |