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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WordMeaning
unanimitythe quality or state of being unanimous
recriminationa retaliatory accusation
phoenixa 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
moltto shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
dissensiondisagreement
irrevocablenot possible to revoke : unalterable
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle