GRE Word List
HYDROPHOBIA
rabies
The meaning of the word hydrophobia is rabies.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |