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 |
|---|---|
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| retiring | reserved |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| whimsy | whim |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |