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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| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
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| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| upright | perpendicular |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| kismet | fate |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |