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 |
|---|---|
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |