GRE Word List
INCUBUS
an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep
The meaning of the word incubus is an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |