GRE Word List

PARAMOUR

lover

The meaning of the word paramour is lover.

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yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
attributea quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something
shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
meniala person doing menial work
rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
aloofremoved or distant either physically or emotionally
appallto overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses
stupefyto make stupid, groggy, or insensible