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 |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| random | a haphazard course |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |