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 |
|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| engender | beget |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |