GRE Word List
LAMENT
to mourn aloud : wail
The meaning of the word lament is to mourn aloud : wail.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |