GRE Word List

PARAMOUR

lover

The meaning of the word paramour is lover.

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turbulencethe quality or state of being turbulent: such as
aperturean opening or open space : hole
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
retiringreserved
gratuitousnot called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
resplendentshining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
fusilladea number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession