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 |
|---|---|
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |