GRE Word List
PROSCENIUM
the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater
The meaning of the word proscenium is the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater.
Random words
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| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |