GRE Word List
MIRAGE
an optical (see optical
The meaning of the word mirage is an optical (see optical.
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| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |