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 |
|---|---|
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |