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 |
|---|---|
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |