GRE Word List

HEYDAY

the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity

The meaning of the word heyday is the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity.

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credoa guiding belief or principle : creed
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
convolutedhaving convolutions
dapperneat and trim in appearance
demeanto lower in character, status, or reputation
perturbto cause to be worried or upset : disquiet
fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly
draftthe act of drawing or pulling in a net