GRE Word List
LAMENT
to mourn aloud : wail
The meaning of the word lament is to mourn aloud : wail.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| violate | break |