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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WordMeaning
accommodateto provide with something desired, needed, or suited
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
preponderancea superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
execrateto declare to be evil or detestable : denounce
pestlea usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
peerlessmatchless
auroraldawn
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
inanimatenot animate: