GRE Word List
VISION
the act or power of seeing : sight
The meaning of the word vision is the act or power of seeing : sight.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| realm | kingdom |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |