GRE Word List
EXECUTIONER
one who executes
The meaning of the word executioner is one who executes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| potentate | ruler |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |