GRE Word List
PARLANCE
speech
The meaning of the word parlance is speech.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| antecede | precede |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |