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 |
|---|---|
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |