GRE Word List
GALLOWS
a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged
The meaning of the word gallows is a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| paramour | lover |
| ramification | branch |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |