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 |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| tome | book |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |