GRE Word List
PARLANCE
speech
The meaning of the word parlance is speech.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |