GRE Word List

PALL

to lose strength or effectiveness

The meaning of the word pall is to lose strength or effectiveness.

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hostagea person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
ashenof, relating to, or made from ash wood
replicaan exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
authoritativehaving, marked by, or proceeding from authority
mockto treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
aloftat or to a great height
sinecurean office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income