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 |
|---|---|
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |