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 |
|---|---|
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |