GRE Word List
CONVIVIAL
relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company
The meaning of the word convivial is relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| farce | stuff |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| fauna | animal life |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |