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 |
|---|---|
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |