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 |
|---|---|
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |