GRE Word List
BILLOW
wave
The meaning of the word billow is wave.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| rift | fissure |
| peerless | matchless |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| disconsolate | cheerless |