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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hubrisexaggerated pride or self-confidence
jadedfatigued by overwork : exhausted
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
passepast one's prime
obstinatestubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
opuswork
dronea stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen
plummetto fall perpendicularly
irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger