GRE Word List
MIRAGE
unreal reflection; optical illusion
The meaning of the word mirage is unreal reflection; optical illusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost |
| ludicrous | laughable; ridiculous; trifling |
| fecundity | fertility; fruitfulness; ADJ. fecund: very productive of crops or young |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| pessimism | belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess; tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation; ADJ. pessimistic |
| innate | inborn |
| prognosis | forecasted course of a disease; prediction; CF. prognostic |
| exhort | urge (by strong argument or advice); Ex. The general exhorted his men to fight bravely; N. exhortation |
| submissive | willing to obey orders; yielding; timid |
| crescendo | increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent |
