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 |
|---|---|
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
