GRE Word List
MUSE
to become absorbed in thought
The meaning of the word muse is to become absorbed in thought.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |