GRE Word List
CORDON
an ornamental cord or ribbon
The meaning of the word cordon is an ornamental cord or ribbon.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| shack | hut |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |