GRE Word List
NOVELTY
something new or unusual
The meaning of the word novelty is something new or unusual.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| hortatory | hortative |