GRE Word List
PALL
to lose strength or effectiveness
The meaning of the word pall is to lose strength or effectiveness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| garnish | decorate |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| thespian | actor |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |