GRE Word List
QUISLING
traitor
The meaning of the word quisling is traitor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| dire | exciting horror |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |