GRE Word List
LACHRYMOSE
given to tears or weeping : tearful
The meaning of the word lachrymose is given to tears or weeping : tearful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| scotch | scottish |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |