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.

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WordMeaning
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
delusivelikely to delude
smudgeto make a smudge on
evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal
disdaina feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
scintillaspark
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
decrepitudethe quality or state of being decrepit