GRE Word List

BENISON

blessing

The meaning of the word benison is blessing.

Random words

WordMeaning
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
euphoriaa feeling of well-being or elation
latchto lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
slaughterthe act of killing
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
lapa loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment
rehabilitateto restore to a former capacity : reinstate
imperviousnot allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable