GRE Word List
PARAMOUR
illicit lover
The meaning of the word paramour is illicit lover.
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dupe | someone easily fooled or deceived; V: deceive |
forthcoming | happening in the near future; ready; willing to help; Ex. No answer was forthcoming. |
impart | grant a share of; make known; Ex. news to impart |
trek | travel; journey; V: make a long difficult journey |
eugenic | pertaining to the improvement of race; N. eugenics: study of hereditary improvement of the human race |
cathartic | purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ. |
whelp | young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family); young wolf, dog, tiger, etc. |
soporific | sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness; drowsy |
provenance | place of origin; origin or source of something; Ex. Gunpowder is of Chinese provenance; CF. come |
benign | kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor |