GRE Word List
THRONG
a multitude of assembled persons
The meaning of the word throng is a multitude of assembled persons.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |