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 |
|---|---|
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| omnipotent | almighty |