GRE Word List

REGICIDE

a person who kills a king

The meaning of the word regicide is a person who kills a king.

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hortatoryhortative
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
seclusionthe act of secluding : the condition of being secluded
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
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misadventuremisfortune
comprehensivecovering completely or broadly : inclusive
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal