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 |
|---|---|
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| nexus | connection |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |