GRE Word List
CLARION
a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones
The meaning of the word clarion is a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| raspy | harsh |