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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| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| ossify | to change into bone |