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 |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |