GRE Word List
PARLANCE
speech
The meaning of the word parlance is speech.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |