GRE Word List
PARAMOUR
lover
The meaning of the word paramour is lover.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| belabor | to attack verbally |