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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
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| brawny | muscular |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
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