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 |
|---|---|
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| 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 |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |