GRE Word List
LAMENT
to mourn aloud : wail
The meaning of the word lament is to mourn aloud : wail.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
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| purveyor | one that purveys |