Vocabulary make easy
Here is a list of GRE words having secondary meaning.
Word | Popular meaning | Secondary meaning |
Affected | Influenced | Artificial Pretend Assume in order to impress |
Amazon | | Female warrior |
Angular | Sharp cornered | Stiff in manner |
Caustic | Burning | Sarcastically biting |
Cataract | Eye abnormality | Waterfall |
Cipher | Non entity Worthless person | Secret code |
Chisel | Wedge like tool for cutting Cut with a chisel | Swindle or cheat |
Conservatory | A place of conservation | |
Gadfly | Animal biting fly | An irritating person |
Hermetic | Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight | Obscure and mysterious Occult |
Husband | Married man | Use sparingly Conserve Save |
Import | To get commodities from abroad | Significance |
Incense | Smoke from Sweet smelling Aromatic substance | Enrage Infuriate |
List | Name of persons or things written in order | Tilt Lean over |
Mannered | Having manners | Affected Not natural |
Low | Not far above the ground | Mow |
Peon | Messenger of an office/bond servant | Landless agriculture Labor |
Pore | Tiny opening | Study industriously Ponder Scrutinize |
Sap | Vital plant juice | Diminish Undermine |
Scurvy | Disease of gum caused by vitamin C deficiency | Despicable Contemptible |
Singular | Indicating one person | Unique Odd Extraordinary |
Taper | Become progressively narrower | Candle |
Wax | Secretion of plant / animal | Increase Grow |
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