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 |
|---|---|
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| fabricate | invent |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |