GRE Word List
PILLORY
a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked
The meaning of the word pillory is a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked.
Random words
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| nib | bill |
| 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 |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |