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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |