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 |
|---|---|
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |