GRE Word List

PARAMOUR

lover

The meaning of the word paramour is lover.

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WordMeaning
equivocateto use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive
tureena deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
blunderto move unsteadily or confusedly
posthumousborn after the death of the father
centrifugalproceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis
cloyingdisgusting or distasteful by reason of excess