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 |
|---|---|
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| 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 |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| dissension | disagreement |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |