GRE Word List
COVENANT
a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
The meaning of the word covenant is a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |