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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| potentate | ruler |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |