GRE Word List
TERMINUS
either end of a transportation line or travel route
The meaning of the word terminus is either end of a transportation line or travel route.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |