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 |
|---|---|
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| marsupial | any 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 |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
