GRE Word List
VIXEN
female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew
The meaning of the word vixen is female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eclectic | selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources; selecting individual elements from a variety of sources; N. eclecticism |
| anoint | consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony) |
| credulity | belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete; ADJ. credulous |
| ebullient | showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling |
| belated | delayed |
| solecism | nonstandard grammatical construction; construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically; violation of social etiquette |
| celestial | heavenly |
| chimerical | fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature |
| refraction | bending of a ray of light |
| progeny | children; offspring; descendants |
