GRE Word List
MYRIAD
ten thousand
The meaning of the word myriad is ten thousand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| cornucopia | a 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 |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| 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 |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |