GRE Word List
PARLEY
to speak with another : confer
The meaning of the word parley is to speak with another : confer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| impuissance | weakness |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| slew | a large number |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |