GRE Word List
PARAMOUR
lover
The meaning of the word paramour is lover.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |