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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |