GRE Word List
SWARM
a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
The meaning of the word swarm is a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| 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 |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |