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.
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| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |