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 |
|---|---|
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |