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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| Word | Meaning |
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| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |