GRE Word List
DOSSIER
file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back
The meaning of the word dossier is file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back.
Random words
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quisling | traitor who aids invaders; CF. Vidkun Quisling |
reparation | compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; Ex. make reparation for the damage; CF. repair |
festive | joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival |
dally | trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time |
isthmus | narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land |
cower | shrink quivering as from fear; cringe |
ossify | change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one's ideas |
flagrant | conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive; blatant; outrageous |
adjunct | something attached to but holding an inferior position |
pall | become boring; grow tiresome |