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 |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| niggle | trifle |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |