GRE Word List

FETE

festival

The meaning of the word fete is festival.

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WordMeaning
trepidationa nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
glaringhaving a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
impersonalhaving no personal reference or connection
paraphrasea restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form
smotherto kill by depriving of air
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
gapeto open the mouth wide
mashto reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
gruffrough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect