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 |
|---|---|
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| unsavory | insipid |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |