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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| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |