GRE Word List
DAIS
raised platform for speakers or other important people
The meaning of the word dais is raised platform for speakers or other important people.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quiescent | dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N. quiescence |
| torrent | rushing stream; flood; Ex. The rain fell in torrents. |
| flutter | (of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly; vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by waving quickly; flitter; N. |
| dispassionate | calm; impartial; not influenced by personal feelings |
| riveting | holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing |
| scrappy | quarrelsome |
| frantic | wild; distraught as from fear or worry; Ex. frantic with fear |
| unique | without an equal; single in kind |
| silt | sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river) |
| ethnic | relating to races |