GRE Word List
CURFEW
the sounding of a bell at evening
The meaning of the word curfew is the sounding of a bell at evening.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| postulate | demand |
| dint | force |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |