GRE Word List

CARILLON

a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard

The meaning of the word carillon is a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard.

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WordMeaning
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
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comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
attireto put garments on : dress
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
irateroused to ire
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orthodoxconforming to established doctrine especially in religion