GRE Word List
HUMMOCK
a rounded knoll or hillock
The meaning of the word hummock is a rounded knoll or hillock.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |