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 |
|---|---|
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |