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 |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| compulsory | mandatory |