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 |
|---|---|
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| encompass | include |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| sidetrack | siding |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |