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 |
|---|---|
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| pundit | pandit |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |