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).

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cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
affluenceabundance of property : wealth
unbridledunrestrained
graphitea soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
afterlifean existence after death
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
diversionthe act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation
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temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness