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

WordMeaning
anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water
discursivemoving from topic to topic without order : rambling
mottoa sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use
quizzicalcomically quaint
kindredof a similar nature or character : like
marrowbone marrow
mediateoccupying a middle position
deliriuman acute (see acute