GRE Word List

ZEPHYR

a breeze from the west

The meaning of the word zephyr is a breeze from the west.

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piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
discernibleable to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned
polarof or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it
gestateto carry in the uterus during pregnancy
swellto expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit
sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
purgeto clear of guilt
privationan act or instance of depriving : deprivation
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control