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
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
crypticsecret
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish
ransackto look through thoroughly in often a rough way
panachean ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet
inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed
braga pompous or boastful statement
genteelhaving an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop