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 |
|---|---|
| groom | bridegroom |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| minuscule | very small |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| edifice | building |