GRE Word List
PSYCHE
a princess loved by Cupid
The meaning of the word psyche is a princess loved by Cupid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |