GRE Word List
MAUSOLEUM
a large tomb
The meaning of the word mausoleum is a large tomb.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
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| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |