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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |