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 |
|---|---|
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
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