GRE Word List
EXECUTIONER
one who executes
The meaning of the word executioner is one who executes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| retrench | cut down |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| violate | break |
| intermediary | mediator |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| 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) |