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.

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WordMeaning
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
subjugateto bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
quiescentmarked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest
knella stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)
ebbthe reflux of the tide toward the sea
dissembleto hide under a false appearance
torrenta violent or forceful flow of fluid