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 |
|---|---|
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| mendicant | beggar |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| polity | political organization |
| betray | to lead astray |