GRE Word List
GAVEL
rent or tribute in medieval England
The meaning of the word gavel is rent or tribute in medieval England.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |