GRE Word List
GRANARY
a storehouse for threshed grain
The meaning of the word granary is a storehouse for threshed grain.
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| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
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