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 |
|---|---|
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
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| growl | rumble |