GRE Word List
INFEST
inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful; Ex. Mice infested the house; Ex. shark-infested waters
The meaning of the word infest is inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful; Ex. Mice infested the house; Ex. shark-infested waters.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vex | annoy; distress |
| doff | take off; OP. don |
| buoyant | able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market |
| congeal | freeze; coagulate |
| insurrection | rebellion; uprising |
| coroner | public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes |
| vampire | ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living |
| extricate | free from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle |
| affinity | feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages |
| dull | (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V. |
