GRE Word List
HOLOCAUST
a sacrifice (see sacrifice
The meaning of the word holocaust is a sacrifice (see sacrifice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |