GRE Word List
PERDITION
eternal damnation
The meaning of the word perdition is eternal damnation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |