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 |
|---|---|
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| modish | fashionable |