GRE Word List
ENSUE
to strive to attain : pursue
The meaning of the word ensue is to strive to attain : pursue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |