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 |
|---|---|
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| prank | trick |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |