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 |
|---|---|
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |