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 |
|---|---|
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| overweening | arrogant |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |