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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |