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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| postulate | demand |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| endue | provide |