GRE Word List

PARAMOUR

lover

The meaning of the word paramour is lover.

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quivera case for carrying or holding arrows
elevationthe height to which something is elevated: such as
staccatocut short or apart in performing : disconnected
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
uniformitythe quality or state of being uniform
refractiondeflection 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
delugean overflowing of the land by water
hoarda supply or fund stored up and often hidden away
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
solsticeeither 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