GRE Word List
AVOW
to declare assuredly
The meaning of the word avow is to declare assuredly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| venue | locale |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |