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 |
|---|---|
| fabricate | invent |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| espouse | marry |