GRE Word List
NIRVANA
the final beatitude (see beatitude
The meaning of the word nirvana is the final beatitude (see beatitude.
Random words
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|---|---|
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
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| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
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| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
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| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |