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.
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purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
porous | possessing or full of pores |
germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |