GRE Word List
HIERARCHY
a division of angels
The meaning of the word hierarchy is a division of angels.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |