GRE Word List
PARLANCE
speech
The meaning of the word parlance is speech.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |