GRE Word List

REBUS

a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound

The meaning of the word rebus is a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound.

Random words

WordMeaning
debaseto lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
antithesisthe direct opposite
marsupialany of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
vyingcontending; to strive for superiority
decryto depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly
mosaica surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns
nattytrimly neat and tidy : smart
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them