GRE Word List
MIRAGE
an optical (see optical
The meaning of the word mirage is an optical (see optical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| cataclysm | flood |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |