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.

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errantbehaving wrongly
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ameliorateto make better or more tolerable
paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable
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rabblea disorganized or confused collection of things
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