GRE Word List
LEXICOGRAPHER
an author or editor of a dictionary
The meaning of the word lexicographer is an author or editor of a dictionary.
Random words
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ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
clipper | one that clips something |
matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |