GRE Word List
IMPRECATION
curse
The meaning of the word imprecation is curse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |