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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |