GRE Word List
COUPLE
two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired
The meaning of the word couple is two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| trenchant | keen |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |