GRE Word List
COURT
the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary
The meaning of the word court is the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary.
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|---|---|
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| courier | messenger |
| baroque | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |