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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|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |