GRE Word List
PLETHORA
an ample amount or number : abundance
The meaning of the word plethora is an ample amount or number : abundance.
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| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |