GRE Word List
PEREGRINATION
to travel especially on foot : walk
The meaning of the word peregrination is to travel especially on foot : walk.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| 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 |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| comestible | edible |