GRE Word List
HAVEN
harbor
The meaning of the word haven is harbor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |