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 |
|---|---|
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| mendicant | beggar |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |