GRE Word List
QUARANTINE
a period of 40 days
The meaning of the word quarantine is a period of 40 days.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| trappings | outward signs |
| quisling | traitor |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |