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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| Word | Meaning |
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| cornucopia | a 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 |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| graphite | a 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 |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |