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).
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| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| brook | creek |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |