GRE Word List
GAVEL
rent or tribute in medieval England
The meaning of the word gavel is rent or tribute in medieval England.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |