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 |
|---|---|
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |