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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| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |