GRE Word List
EXECUTIONER
one who executes
The meaning of the word executioner is one who executes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| finery | ornament |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| savant | a person of learning |
| strew | to spread by scattering |