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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| hortatory | hortative |
| minuscule | very small |
| throes | pang |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| oligarchy | government by the few |