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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |