GRE Word List
DOUR
stern
The meaning of the word dour is stern.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
