GRE Word List

HYDROPHOBIA

rabies

The meaning of the word hydrophobia is rabies.

Random words

WordMeaning
kaleidoscopean instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns
itineranttraveling from place to place
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
prolongto lengthen in time : continue
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
precisa concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts
ingrainedforming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
glutinoushaving the quality of glue : gummy