GRE Word List
UNEARTH
to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
The meaning of the word unearth is to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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retaliate | to return like for like |
lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
clip | encompass |
rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |