GRE Word List
QUISLING
traitor
The meaning of the word quisling is traitor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| cataclysm | flood |