GRE Word List

VAMPIRE

the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep

The meaning of the word vampire is the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep.

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durationcontinuance in time
noncommittalgiving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
dilettantea person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
hypnosisa trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
damnto condemn to a punishment or fate