GRE Word List
MIRAGE
an optical (see optical
The meaning of the word mirage is an optical (see optical.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |