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 |
|---|---|
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |