GRE Word List
REFRAIN
curb
The meaning of the word refrain is curb.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| stringent | tight |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| precipitant | precipitate |