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 |
|---|---|
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| unfrock | defrock |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| wreak | bring about |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |