GRE Word List
EXECUTIONER
one who executes
The meaning of the word executioner is one who executes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |