GRE Word List
LEVEE
a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
The meaning of the word levee is a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrench | cut down |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |