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.

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WordMeaning
smatteringsuperficial piecemeal knowledge
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
renounceto give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
saccharineof, relating to, or resembling that of sugar
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
descryto catch sight of
valedictionan act of bidding farewell
enumerateto ascertain the number of : count
cremateto subject to cremation