GRE Word List
AVOW
to declare assuredly
The meaning of the word avow is to declare assuredly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| pundit | pandit |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| colloquy | conversation |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |