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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provenance | origin |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |