GRE Word List
BEMOAN
to express deep grief or distress over
The meaning of the word bemoan is to express deep grief or distress over.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| politic | political |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |