GRE Word List
PARLANCE
speech
The meaning of the word parlance is speech.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |