GRE Word List
INTERREGNUM
period between two successive reigns or governments
The meaning of the word interregnum is period between two successive reigns or governments.
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Word | Meaning |
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remote | distant in manner; aloof |
insubordination | disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ. insubordinate |
lexicographer | compiler of a dictionary; CF. lexicography: work of compiling a dictionary |
averse | reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work |
wilt | loose freshness; droop |
fanaticism | excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause; N. fanatic; ADJ. fanatic |
recidivism | habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist |
lap | take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gently; Ex. waves lapping the shore; N: front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person |
embitter | make bitter; fill with painful or bitter feelings; make sad and angry; Ex. He was embittered by many disappointments. |
badger | pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal |