GRE Word List
VORTEX
something that resembles a whirlpool
The meaning of the word vortex is something that resembles a whirlpool.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |