GRE Word List

MASQUERADE

a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes

The meaning of the word masquerade is a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes.

Random words

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unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
circuita usually circular line encompassing an area
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
reproachan expression of rebuke or disapproval
allegeto assert without proof or before proving
diatribea bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing
aversehaving an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste
lethalof, relating to, or causing death
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge