GRE Word List
HISTORIC
historical
The meaning of the word historic is historical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |