GRE GRE Meaning by word 251

fortuneteller

the pivot about which a lever turns

a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

trivial nonsense; piffle

the act of rubbing together

extravagant elaborateness; showiness

a complex system of interconnecting cavities

the act of making a choice

violent and needless disturbance

an idea that is implied or suggested

a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader

leader of 100 soldiers in the Roman army

a doctrine that is taught; commandment

someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field; savant

any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

reply; answer; response

a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain

someone new to a field or activity; tyro; initiate

a name that has been assumed temporarily; false name

back country

a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision

undergo necrosis; mortify; sphacelate

become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light

bear fruit

something of little value or significance; frivolity

the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest; remonstration; objection

someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive

mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

the matter ejected in vomiting; puke

the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes