GRE Word List
SHACK
hut
The meaning of the word shack is hut.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |