GRE Word List
MILLENNIUM
thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity
The meaning of the word millennium is thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| centaur | mythical figure, half man and half horse |
| queasy | experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy |
| resurge | rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again |
| dire | warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food |
| repast | meal; feast; banquet |
| pedantic | bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry |
| expenditure | payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy |
| deport | send out of the country; behave; N. deportation, deportment |
| romp | play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N. |
| attenuate | make thin; weaken |
