GRE Word List
BALM
a balsamic (see balsamic
The meaning of the word balm is a balsamic (see balsamic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |