GRE Word List
ARCADE
a covered passageway usually lined with shops
The meaning of the word arcade is a covered passageway usually lined with shops.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thesis | opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments |
| gerrymander | change voting district lines in order to favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry + (sala)mander |
| disjointed | disconnected; lacking coherence; V. disjoint: disconnect; disjoin |
| somber | dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; CF. shadow |
| travesty | copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing; comical parody or imitation; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous; Ex. travesty of justice; OP. paragon |
| blues | state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
| alienate | make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of |
| purport | intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general |
| anvil | iron block used in hammering out metals |
| snicker | half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V. |
