GRE Word List
PARAMOUR
lover
The meaning of the word paramour is lover.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| actuary | clerk |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |