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 |
|---|---|
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |