GRE Word List
BID
command; utter (a greeting); offer as a price; N: offer of a price; amount offered; earnest effort to gain something; Ex. bid for freedom
The meaning of the word bid is command; utter (a greeting); offer as a price; N: offer of a price; amount offered; earnest effort to gain something; Ex. bid for freedom.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elegy | poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal, elegiac |
| partition | divide into parts |
| quaff | drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment); ČÜČ©ČÜČ© ž¶œĂŽÙ; CF. sip |
| prepossessing | attractive; CF. preoccupying ? |
| ineffable | unutterable; not to be uttered; taboo; that cannot be expressed in speech; indescribable; unspeakable; inexpressible; Ex. ineffable name/joy |
| insolence | impudent disrespect; haughtiness; ADJ. insolent; CF. haughty + rude |
| feline | of a member of the cat family; N. |
| peremptory | demanding and leaving no choice; imperative; Ex. peremptory decree/knock |
| invocation | prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking |
| extol | praise very highly; glorify |
