GRE Word List
EXECUTIONER
one who executes
The meaning of the word executioner is one who executes.
Random words
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spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
betray | to lead astray |
jibe | to be in accord : agree |
pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |