GRE Word List

MYRIAD

ten thousand

The meaning of the word myriad is ten thousand.

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startto move suddenly and violently : spring
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
homilya usually short sermon
malefactorone who commits an offense against the law
libidoinstinctual 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
obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava
regenta person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
coalesceto grow together
surmountto prevail over : overcome
psychopathicof, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy