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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| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |