GRE Word List

VORTEX

something that resembles a whirlpool

The meaning of the word vortex is something that resembles a whirlpool.

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WordMeaning
desperatehaving lost hope
inalienableincapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred
maula heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges
gloss_overexplain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
stringenttight
beseechto beg for urgently or anxiously
peregrinationto travel especially on foot : walk
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference