GRE Word List
PLETHORA
an ample amount or number : abundance
The meaning of the word plethora is an ample amount or number : abundance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| alleviate | relieve |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |