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 |
|---|---|
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| fuddle | booze |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |