GRE GRE Meaning by word 079

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

exceeding in heaviness

a complex system of interconnecting cavities

everyone being of one mind

a stopping

a brilliant and notable success

an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding; ravage

an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.)

the study or investigation of ancestry and family history

a small carved or molded figure

a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal

vigilant attentiveness; weather eye

a small stream; run; runnel; streamlet

voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing; self-abasement

a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities

the property of giving off bubbles; frothiness

a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier); criminal; felon; crook

the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)

an accidental occurrence

one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals; steward

substance which supposedly prolongs life

the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium

a smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure

fate; destiny

infection by a disease-causing ameba; amebiosis; amoebiosis

poor and often mischievous city child

unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity

the appearance of truth

the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble; lightness; lightsomeness; nimbleness

the act of turning aside suddenly; veering