GRE Word List
HOLOCAUST
a sacrifice (see sacrifice
The meaning of the word holocaust is a sacrifice (see sacrifice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humdrum | monotonous |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |