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 |
|---|---|
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| wreak | bring about |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |