GRE Word List
EXECUTIONER
one who executes
The meaning of the word executioner is one who executes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |