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
recriminationa retaliatory accusation
tactfulhaving or showing tact
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
repulseto drive or beat back : repel
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
ramparta protective barrier : bulwark
flirtto move erratically : flit
enigmasomething hard to understand or explain
militiaa part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
desperatehaving lost hope