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 |
|---|---|
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
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| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |