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
willowyabounding with willows
avalanchea large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
interjectionan ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as
hurlrush
sparseof few and scattered elements
dumbfoundto confound (see confound
coymarked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness