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 |
|---|---|
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| hallowed | holy |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |