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 |
|---|---|
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |