GRE Word List
MORGUE
mortuary; place where bodies are kept before burial or cremation
The meaning of the word morgue is mortuary; place where bodies are kept before burial or cremation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenacious | holding fast (as to a belief); persistent |
| prognosticate | predict (according to present indications) |
| omnipresent | universally present; ubiquitous |
| curmudgeon | churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person |
| disavowal | denial; disclaiming; repudiating; disowning; V. disavow; CF. disclaim |
| somnambulist | sleepwalker; V. somnambulate; N. somnambulism |
| pungent | stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency |
| solemnity | seriousness; gravity |
| sacrosanct | invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable |
| egotism | tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance |