GRE Word List

ADJURATION

a solemn oath

The meaning of the word adjuration is a solemn oath.

Random words

WordMeaning
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
insurmountableincapable of being surmounted : insuperable
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
crescendoa gradual increase
roosteran adult male domestic chicken
leave-takingdeparture
concentrichaving a common center