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 |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| warranted | sanction |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |