GRE Word List
VAMPIRE
ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living
The meaning of the word vampire is ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| salacious | lascivious; lustful; Ex. salacious monk |
| permeable | that can be permeated; penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through; V. permeate: spread or flow throughout; charge |
| denigrate | blacken; defame |
| actuarial | calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
| scrutinize | examine closely and critically; N. scrutiny |
| pulchritude | beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous |
| arcade | a covered passageway usually lined with shops |
| virtuoso | highly skilled artist (esp. in music); Ex. piano virtuoso |
| domineer | rule over tyrannically |
| runic | mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm |
