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 |
|---|---|
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| regime | regimen |
| devious | wandering |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |