GRE Word List

QUIVER

a case for carrying or holding arrows

The meaning of the word quiver is a case for carrying or holding arrows.

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pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
despoilto strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage
unwittingnot knowing : unaware
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
militiaa part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
preyan animal taken by a predator as food
foregoto go before : precede
paramountsuperior to all others : supreme
narrativesomething that is narrated : story