GRE Word List
SIREN
any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing
The meaning of the word siren is any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abnegation | denial |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |