GRE Word List
NECROMANCY
conjuration (see conjure
The meaning of the word necromancy is conjuration (see conjure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |