GRE Word List
ELEVATION
the height to which something is elevated: such as
The meaning of the word elevation is the height to which something is elevated: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |