GRE Word List
MAUSOLEUM
a large tomb
The meaning of the word mausoleum is a large tomb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |