GRE Word List
PARAMOUR
lover
The meaning of the word paramour is lover.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |