GRE Word List
CROSS
a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution
The meaning of the word cross is a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |