GRE Word List
INDICES
signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
The meaning of the word indices is signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |