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 |
|---|---|
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| pugilist | fighter |
| narcissist | an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| quarry | game |