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 |
|---|---|
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |