GRE Word List
ADVENT
the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
The meaning of the word advent is the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |