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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| hirsute | hairy |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |