GRE Word List
MAUSOLEUM
a large tomb
The meaning of the word mausoleum is a large tomb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| tome | book |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |