GRE Word List
VENOM
a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect
The meaning of the word venom is a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |