GRE Word List
PURVEYOR
one that purveys
The meaning of the word purveyor is one that purveys.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| rider | one that rides |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |