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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WordMeaning
ployescapade
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
deviouswandering
elicitto call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
animatedendowed with life or the qualities of life : alive
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
awryoff the correct or expected course : amiss
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
inveighto protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail