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 |
|---|---|
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |