GRE Word List
CONVEYANCE
vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance
The meaning of the word conveyance is vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost |
| traverse | go through or across |
| context | writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs |
| instigate | start; urge; provoke; incite; Ex. instigate a search/quarrel |
| lavish | liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance |
| miscellany | mixture of writings on various subjects; collection of various items |
| executioner | person administering capital punishment |
| idiom | expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style (of expression); Ex. idiom of the modern popular music; ADJ. idiomatic |
| bliss | complete happiness; ADJ. blissful |
| blues | state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
