GRE Word List

PARAMOUR

lover

The meaning of the word paramour is lover.

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gloatto observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight
gyroscopea 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
glazeto furnish or fit with glass
rubrican authoritative rule
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
heinoushatefully or shockingly evil : abominable
frivolousof little weight or importance
gapeto open the mouth wide
belaborto attack verbally