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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impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
giddy | dizzy |
blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
colloquy | conversation |
optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |