GRE Word List

HIVE

a container for housing honeybees

The meaning of the word hive is a container for housing honeybees.

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parablea usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
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sedulousinvolving or accomplished with careful perseverance
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
figurinea small carved or molded figure : statuette
exposurethe fact or condition of being exposed: such as
virilehaving traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree
checkto inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively
cholericeasily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light