GRE Word List
RAIL
a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier
The meaning of the word rail is a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| farce | stuff |