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 |
|---|---|
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |