GRE Word List
TRIDENT
a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune)
The meaning of the word trident is a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| sublimate | sublime |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |