GRE Word List
PERSONIFY
to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
The meaning of the word personify is to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| forte | one's strong point |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |