GRE Word List
ORDEAL
a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
The meaning of the word ordeal is a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| quotidian | occurring every day |