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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |