GRE Word List
BOUT
a spell or period of activity: such as
The meaning of the word bout is a spell or period of activity: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |