GRE Word List
NECROMANCY
black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead; art that professes to communicate with the spirits of the dead so as to predict the future; CF. necromancer; CF. necro+divination; CF. necro-: death; Ex. necropolis
The meaning of the word necromancy is black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead; art that professes to communicate with the spirits of the dead so as to predict the future; CF. necromancer; CF. necro+divination; CF. necro-: death; Ex. necropolis.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wrongheaded | stubbornly wrong |
| quotidian | daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine |
| malapropism | comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop |
| bandy | discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with |
| gourmand | epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink |
| adhere | stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality |
| nascent | incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex. nascent ability in music |
| enlist | (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help, sympathy, or support) |
| coeval | living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age |
| prey | target of a hunt; victim; V: hunt and eat as prey; victimize; Ex. Cats prey on mice. |
