GRE Word List
PARAMOUR
lover
The meaning of the word paramour is lover.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |