GRE Word List

IMPRECATION

curse

The meaning of the word imprecation is curse.

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WordMeaning
chroniccontinuing or occurring again and again for a long time
overweeningarrogant
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
lumenthe cavity of a tubular organ or part
sublimatesublime
rabiesan acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated
crypticsecret
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge