GRE Word List
HIVE
a container for housing honeybees
The meaning of the word hive is a container for housing honeybees.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| connoisseur | expert |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |