GRE Word List
MILLENNIUM
the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
The meaning of the word millennium is the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |