GRE Word List
FETE
festival
The meaning of the word fete is festival.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| upright | perpendicular |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| refrain | curb |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| haggard | not tamed |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |