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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leveea reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
pecuniaryconsisting of or measured in money
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety
pendantsomething suspended: such as
manneredhaving manners of a specified kind
passepast one's prime
mellifluoushaving a smooth rich flow
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
oatha solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs