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.

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WordMeaning
scoretwenty
commemorateto call to remembrance
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
insurrectionan act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
imperiousmarked by arrogant assurance : domineering
yokela naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
blanchto take the color out of
wrytwist