GRE Word List

PHENOMENA

phenomenon

The meaning of the word phenomena is phenomenon.

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WordMeaning
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
buccaneerany of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
sinecurean office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
scoffan expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe
amassto collect for oneself : accumulate
parryto ward off a weapon or blow
implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied