GRE Word List
HOLOCAUST
a sacrifice (see sacrifice
The meaning of the word holocaust is a sacrifice (see sacrifice.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |