GRE Word List
PARAMOUR
lover
The meaning of the word paramour is lover.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| harass | exhaust |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |