GRE Word List
PAEAN
a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph
The meaning of the word paean is a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| condign | deserved |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |