GRE Word List
TARANTULA
venomous spider
The meaning of the word tarantula is venomous spider.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| centigrade | denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) |
| compensatory | making up for; repaying |
| sardonic | scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile |
| sloth | slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent |
| charlatan | quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine) |
| unruly | disobedient; lawless; difficult to control |
| disfigure | mar the appearance of; spoil |
| comestible | something fit to be eaten |
| devout | pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope |
| denouement | final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained |
