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 |
|---|---|
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |