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 |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |