GRE Word List
OPUS
work
The meaning of the word opus is work.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |