GRE Word List
FASHION
the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time
The meaning of the word fashion is the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |