GRE Word List
PEON
any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as
The meaning of the word peon is any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| abnegation | denial |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |