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 |
|---|---|
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| hap | happening |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |