GRE Word List
VITAL
of the utmost importance
The meaning of the word vital is of the utmost importance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |