GRE Word List
HARBOR
a place of security and comfort : refuge
The meaning of the word harbor is a place of security and comfort : refuge.
Random words
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|---|---|
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
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| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
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| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |