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 |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |