GRE Word List

MIRAGE

an optical (see optical

The meaning of the word mirage is an optical (see optical.

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WordMeaning
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
subsidya grant or gift of money: such as
indiscriminatenot marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment
phobiaan exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
grapplethe act or an instance of grappling
recessthe action of receding : recession
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
blithelacking due thought or consideration : casual
centripetalproceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis