GRE Word List

HYDROPHOBIA

rabies

The meaning of the word hydrophobia is rabies.

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prehensileadapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
indulgentwilling to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence
protegeone who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
dolta stupid person
sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
understateto represent as less than is the case