GRE Word List
OBSIDIAN
black volcanic rock
The meaning of the word obsidian is black volcanic rock.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commune | small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature |
| arrogance | pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people) |
| dote | be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline |
| engender | cause; produce; give rise to |
| equilibrium | balance of opposing forces; balance of the mind; equanimity |
| renounce | abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex. renounce one's claim to the property/one's religion; N. renunciation |
| wan | having a pale or sickly color; pallid |
| herpetologist | one who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians |
| sextant | navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars) |
| compile | assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary |