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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patinaa usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
luxuriantyielding abundantly : fertile
adulationextreme or excessive admiration or flattery
transitoryof brief duration : temporary
estimablecapable of being estimated
egregiousconspicuous
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
unwieldynot easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome
contusioninjury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush