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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| cipher | zero |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| cataclysm | flood |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |