GRE Word List
MIRAGE
an optical (see optical
The meaning of the word mirage is an optical (see optical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |