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 |
|---|---|
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| tyranny | oppressive power |