GRE Word List
DOSSIER
a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject
The meaning of the word dossier is a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| scion | descendant |