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 |
|---|---|
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| lampoon | satire |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| regime | regimen |
