GRE Word List
ELYSIUM
the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology
The meaning of the word elysium is the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |