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 |
|---|---|
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| calorific | caloric |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |