GRE Word List

LECTERN

a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker

The meaning of the word lectern is a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker.

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diligencesteady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity
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quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox
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depravitya corrupt act or practice
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