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
shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
disquietudeanxiety
dupeone that is easily deceived or cheated : fool
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
misapprehensionto apprehend wrongly : misunderstand
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
mediumsomething in a middle position