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 |
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| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |