GRE Word List
VOODOO
a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti
The meaning of the word voodoo is a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |