GRE Word List
ANTHEM
a song or hymn of praise or gladness
The meaning of the word anthem is a song or hymn of praise or gladness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |