GRE Word List
LAMENT
to mourn aloud : wail
The meaning of the word lament is to mourn aloud : wail.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |