GRE Word List
PARAPHERNALIA
the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
The meaning of the word paraphernalia is the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |