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 |
|---|---|
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |