GRE Word List
MORGUE
a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
The meaning of the word morgue is a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| submerge | to put under water |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |