GRE Word List
LANCE
a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry
The meaning of the word lance is a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| congenial | pleasant |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |