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 |
|---|---|
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| seemly | good-looking |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |