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 |
|---|---|
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| exegesis | exposition |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |