GRE Word List
ADJOURN
to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time
The meaning of the word adjourn is to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |