GRE Word List
SIBYLLINE
any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
The meaning of the word sibylline is any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| venue | locale |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| plane | airplane |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |