GRE Word List
LECTERN
a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
The meaning of the word lectern is a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |