GRE Word List
ACCORD
to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned
The meaning of the word accord is to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| abnegation | denial |