GRE Word List
HOARD
a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
The meaning of the word hoard is a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| entity | being |