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 |
|---|---|
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| grotto | cave |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| courier | messenger |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| haggard | not tamed |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |