GRE Word List
MIRAGE
an optical (see optical
The meaning of the word mirage is an optical (see optical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brook | creek |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |