GRE Word List
PODIUM
pedestal; raised platform
The meaning of the word podium is pedestal; raised platform.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misdemeanor | minor crime; misdeed; wrongdoing |
| missive | letter; written statement; CF. sent |
| badger | pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal |
| morose | ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy |
| scurvy | contemptible; despicable; N: disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C |
| parable | short simple story teaching a moral |
| tenet | doctrine; dogma |
| dais | raised platform for speakers or other important people |
| laity | laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy |
| tendentious | promoting a particular point of view; biased; having an aim; designed to further a cause; Ex. tendentious rather than truth-seeking; CF. tend: move in a certain direction |
