GRE Word List
MEMOIR
an official note or report : memorandum
The meaning of the word memoir is an official note or report : memorandum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| cipher | zero |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| harass | exhaust |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |