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 |
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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 |