GRE Word List
PERORATION
the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
The meaning of the word peroration is the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |