GRE Word List
PANDEMONIUM
wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost
The meaning of the word pandemonium is wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amplify | increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph |
| mural | wall painting |
| repress | hold back (the natural expression of); restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion |
| migrant | changing its habitat; wandering; Ex. migrant birds/workers; N: one that migrates |
| regimen | prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer |
| futile | useless; hopeless; ineffectual |
| garbled | mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible |
| tumid | (of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous |
| extort | wring from; get money by threats, etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant |
| constraint | restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison |
