GRE Word List
MATRIMONY
the state of being married : marriage
The meaning of the word matrimony is the state of being married : marriage.
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| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| lewd | obscene |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |