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.

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WordMeaning
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
scrupuloushaving moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper
miragean optical (see optical
dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
euphemismthe substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated