GRE Word List
BAR
railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; CF. barrister
The meaning of the word bar is railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; CF. barrister.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assimilate | absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking) |
| lucre | money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre |
| bereaved | deprived of (someone beloved through death) |
| stellar | pertaining to the stars; of a star performer; outstanding; Ex. stellar attraction of the entire performance |
| vertex | summit; highest point; PL. vertices |
| rickety | (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D |
| spoonerism | accidental transposition of sounds in successive words; Ex. ``Let me sew you to your sheet'' for ``Let me show you to your seat''; CF. William Spooner |
| testator | maker of a will; CF. testatrix |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song |
| vestige | trace; remains; Ex. vestiges of some ancient religion |
