GRE Word List
CENSURE
a judgment involving condemnation
The meaning of the word censure is a judgment involving condemnation.
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| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |