GRE Word List
DAIS
a raised platform (as in a hall or large room)
The meaning of the word dais is a raised platform (as in a hall or large room).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |