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 |
|---|---|
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| apprehend | arrest |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |