GRE Word List
WAX
increase gradually (as the moon); grow
The meaning of the word wax is increase gradually (as the moon); grow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nascent | incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex. nascent ability in music |
| carapace | shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.) |
| denigrate | blacken; defame |
| squeamish | easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things; fastidious; Ex. A nurse should not be squeamish. |
| anarchist | person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
| effluvium | noxious(harmful) smell |
| obstreperous | boisterous; noisy and uncontrollable |
| prize | pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship) |
| disenfranchise | disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise |
| vampire | ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living |