GRE Word List
FANFARE
a short and lively sounding of trumpets
The meaning of the word fanfare is a short and lively sounding of trumpets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| natal | native |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |