GRE Word List
COURT
attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster
The meaning of the word court is attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prosperity | good fortune and financial success; physical well-being |
| intellect | higher mental powers; person of great intellectual ability |
| proverb | adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially |
| exposure | risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open; Ex. exposure of governmental corruption |
| expatiate | talk at length; speak or write in detail |
| compelling | overpowering; irresistible in effect; holding one's attention; that compels one to do something; Ex. a compelling adventure story; V. compel |
| punctilious | minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail |
| reprisal | retaliation |
| perdition | damnation; complete ruin; hell |
| humdrum | dull; monotonous |
