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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| haggard | not tamed |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |