GRE Word List

HYDROPHOBIA

rabies

The meaning of the word hydrophobia is rabies.

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ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
diversionthe act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation
inequityinjustice
tutelageinstruction especially of an individual
nomadicof, relating to, or characteristic of nomads
sledgesledgehammer
elysiumthe abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology
welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
unsightlynot pleasing to the sight : not comely