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 |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |