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 |
|---|---|
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |