GRE Word List

VERTIGO

a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily

The meaning of the word vertigo is a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily.

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WordMeaning
diversediffering from one another : unlike
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finickyextremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
staminathe bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
glacialsuggestive of ice: such as
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
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neologisma new word, usage, or expression