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.

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materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
unguenta soothing or healing salve : ointment
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
transcribeto make a written copy of
convoketo call together to a meeting
dictuma noteworthy statement: such as
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank