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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| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| vertebrate | any 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 |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| demure | reserved |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |