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 |
|---|---|
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| farce | stuff |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |