GRE Word List
OVATION
enthusiastic applause
The meaning of the word ovation is enthusiastic applause.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magnitude | greatness (in size or extent); extent |
| uxorious | excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife |
| concord | harmony; accord |
| sophist | teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument |
| pang | sudden sharp feeling of pain |
| canker | any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer |
| inkling | hint; slight indication |
| corpuscle | red or white cell in the blood |
| dissolution | disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life |
| maroon | leave helpless on a deserted island or coast; ADJ. red brown |
