GRE Word List
ELYSIUM
place or condition of bliss
The meaning of the word elysium is place or condition of bliss.
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| hone | sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool |
| equanimity | calmness of temperament; composure |
| bacchanal | noisy party with a lot of drinking |
| evocative | tending to call up (emotions, memories) |
| antecedents | preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
| prune | cut away; trim |
| mortician | undertaker; CF. death |
| yore | time long past; Ex. in the days of yore |
| ravage | devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms |
| hypercritical | excessively exacting; too critical (without noticing good qualities) |
