GRE Word List
QUARANTINE
a period of 40 days
The meaning of the word quarantine is a period of 40 days.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |