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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| avow | to declare assuredly |