GRE Word List
HAVOC
widespread damage; disorder; chaos
The meaning of the word havoc is widespread damage; disorder; chaos.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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exasperate | vex; annoy or make angry (by testing the patience) |
advocacy | support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something |
addle | make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg) |
backslide | revert (to bad habits); N. reverter |
continence | self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent |
allure | entice; attract; tempt |
desultory | aimless; haphazard; digressing at random |
brackish | somewhat saline |
galvanic | of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal; having the effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani |
diadem | crown |