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 |
|---|---|
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| faculty | ability |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| environ | encircle |