GRE Word List
MEMOIR
an official note or report : memorandum
The meaning of the word memoir is an official note or report : memorandum.
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| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |