GRE Word List
HOLOCAUST
a sacrifice (see sacrifice
The meaning of the word holocaust is a sacrifice (see sacrifice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| shove | to push along |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| rotunda | a round building |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |