GRE Word List
PERSONIFY
represent (an inanimate object) as a person; be the embodiment or perfect example of; Ex. She is evil/patience personified; N. personification
The meaning of the word personify is represent (an inanimate object) as a person; be the embodiment or perfect example of; Ex. She is evil/patience personified; N. personification.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| feature | distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent |
| capsize | (of a boat) turn over |
| lucid | easily understood; clear; intelligible; N. lucidity |
| jaded | tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued; surfeited; worn out; wearied; Ex. jaded appetite |
| titter | nervous giggle; nervous laugh; V. |
| levy | impose (a fine); collect (a payment); impose or collect (a tax); Ex. levy a tax on tobacco |
| militia | army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers |
| affinity | feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages |
| overt | open to view; public; not secret; CF. covert |
| illusion | misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion |
